]]>https://seosocially.com/6-excuses-no-website/feed/0https://seosocially.com/6-excuses-no-website/WordPress Stats 2016http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/aKWfT3mYxJY/
https://seosocially.com/wordpress-stats-2016/#respondMon, 25 Jan 2016 08:25:06 +0000https://seosocially.com/?p=15647Whether for your clients or just for your unending support and love for WordPress stats. Below are the stats that I would like to bookmark for my clients, and for you to keep in mind. WordPress Powers 25.5% of the Web 74,652,825 website depend on WordPress WordPress Powers 30.3% of the Top 1000 Websites WordPress →

]]>https://seosocially.com/wordpress-stats-2016/feed/0https://seosocially.com/wordpress-stats-2016/We care about WordPress Security, because the Exploits are very real!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/I5Qv3uraTm8/
https://seosocially.com/we-care-about-wordpress-security-because-the-exploits-are-very-real/#respondThu, 18 Jun 2015 17:03:37 +0000https://seosocially.com/?p=15405One of the biggest downsides to having the power and flexibility of a WordPress website with much benefits, is security! More specifically exploits and breaches with outdated plugins. Below is a great article for the proof that despite developers best attempts to create the most rock solid platform out there. Exploits happened and will continue →

]]>One of the biggest downsides to having the power and flexibility of a WordPress website with much benefits, is security! More specifically exploits and breaches with outdated plugins. Below is a great article for the proof that despite developers best attempts to create the most rock solid platform out there. Exploits happened and will continue to happen, and the only remedy is take security seriously by protecting your site, or at the very least keeping your site up to date!

]]>https://seosocially.com/we-care-about-wordpress-security-because-the-exploits-are-very-real/feed/0https://seosocially.com/we-care-about-wordpress-security-because-the-exploits-are-very-real/Local.com and now, MapQuest, at the hands of Yext, who’s next?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/f07fPhu4bos/
https://seosocially.com/local-com-now-mapquest-hands-yext-whos-next/#respondFri, 24 Jan 2014 09:17:12 +0000https://seosocially.com/?p=15221Local SEO is again under a shake-up. Mapquest has just notified its business users of a local citation transfer to Yext. Yext includes a partnership with over 60 directories and provides an automated (paid, with no free, or freemium option) solution to updated these listings for you. Its one thing to offer a faster and →

]]>Local SEO is again under a shake-up. Mapquest has just notified its business users of a local citation transfer to Yext. Yext includes a partnership with over 60 directories and provides an automated (paid, with no free, or freemium option) solution to updated these listings for you. Its one thing to offer a faster and simplified method for you to auto-updated the many local seo citations that you are in need of.

However, as of now, Yext has exclusive right to add your listing to Local.com, American Towns, and now MapQuest. If you have set up these citations before hand you are good to go, unless you have to change or updated your listing. However if you have not claimed your local listing with either Local.com, American Towns, or MapQuest your only option if you are in need of these citations is to go through Yext.com after subscribing for a yearly fee. Great news for Yext, but not such great news for us local business owners, non profits, and in general for the local SEO community. With already large quantity of various business expenses and marketing services that we pay for, here is another service that might soon be a mandatory fee for local SEO ranking, and citation building.

Lessons to Take Away from This Yext and MapQuest Partnership

Get all the Free Citations you can. You might have enough citations to give you the top 3 spot on the local SERPS in your favorite search engine, and you might be thinking that you are good to go. However, things might pick up competitively in your area, and soon you might be on a search for more local citations. This might mean that some of the free citations that were available before might soon be under the exclusive wing of Yext or maybe some other local citation aggregator or automation company. Look ahead of your competitors and get all the free local citations while you can, while there is still free lunch.

Thinking of switching up your NAP, do it Now! We all understand business have to grow and move to new locations, or relocate. The phone numbers change, open hours, business descriptions, and categories do not remain constant forever. Not updating your open hours or updating the business description with the new service you started offering is not the end of the world. However not changing your phone number after it changed is a pretty big deal, for calls and conversions of course, but also for the Name, Address, Phone, Website (NAP) citation information. You cannot predict what will need to be changed in 3, 6, 12 months from now. However, if you are thinking of switching up your phone number, maybe from a 800 to a local area code number (as Google suggests) or you are thinking of changing up your brand and get a new website domain name? Do it sooner than later, or be forced to use a paid service to update that in the future!

The rules of the game may change. Facebook, Google, Instagram, and many other great products and services started with a goal to bring a great product to the market. However after about 100 to 1000 new hires, a company really has to think about how it will continue to consistently grow and please its share holders. We learned this well from Google, products that are not making money are closed (Google Reader), or begin charging fees like Google Analytics and its enterprise service offering. Do not be surprised if companies such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, or Yelp start charging for their local listings. Many have freemium models already, others are fee only. Again get the links now while they are free and beneficial.

Local SEO is Huge, but take the holistic approach. With the rules of the game changing, don’t put all your eggs in the local SEO basket only going for local citations and directories. Yes Google does not think its wise bet too. Diversify into organic rankings, yes they are more work but this may be the way you stand out from your competitors and future proof yourself, your small business, non profit, or organization. Building up your organic ranking presence may have up front costs, but soon it might outweigh paying for yearly local listing fees. Who knows, local citations might soon be the new PPC, pay per citation!

]]>https://seosocially.com/101-simple-tips-increase-website-traffic/feed/0https://seosocially.com/101-simple-tips-increase-website-traffic/ADWORDS is DEAD – Long live SEO: Why we focus on SEO and not so much on PPC / Adwordshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/5NMTRifHqMs/
https://seosocially.com/adwords-dead-long-live-seo-focus-seo-much-ppc-adwords/#respondThu, 24 Oct 2013 23:06:03 +0000https://seosocially.com/?p=15196We love the MOZ community and one of the thought leaders on this community said something we had to share, just because we believe so much in this. The question was titled “SEO is DEAD – Long live ADWORDS” The OP has included some points of thought to think about regarding Googles adwords such as: →

]]>We love the MOZ community and one of the thought leaders on this community said something we had to share, just because we believe so much in this. The question was titled “SEO is DEAD – Long live ADWORDS” The OP has included some points of thought to think about regarding Googles adwords such as:

In recent times Google increased the number of paid ads at the top of the page from 1 to 3

Google increased the number of lines their paid adverts take up

Google increased the % of the “above-the-fold” advertising space to paid adverts

Google reduced the distinguished between paid and organic ads to such an extent that around 50% of us cannot determine what is a paid or organic ad anymore.

The post was good, however check out this response and see why we are not big in PPC and Adwords. Dont get us wrong we still use Adwords campagins to gain insight into great keywords and rankings, but if, and when, we have better sources of data we prefer not to use them. So here is the response:

I run a three-person shop and our retail sites are very competitive in the organic SERPs. We beat Amazon, ebay, and every site on the planet in tons of different niches and in lots of really difficult SERPs. We don’t have #1 everywhere but we are not embarassed at anything we go after.

But… what I can’t do is make a lot of money from adwords. I am great at runnin’ ads, great at getting perfect quality score and great at doing math. I have read all of the books (some of them twice), and done the adwords training with the Gurus. The problem is costs. I don’t buy my merchandise by the tractor trailer load, don’t have distribution points all across the US to get local shipping costs everywhere. It does not matter if you have a PhD and can beat everybody everywhere at all of the stuff that requires training, dedication and smarts. If you don’t have the scale there are lots of places where you will not make any money at Adwords.

ADWORDS is DEAD – Long live SEO

:-) There are a LOT of SEOs who are running adwords for clients, bidding like fidiots and bringing in sales. The problem is that there is a disconnect between the SEO and the client. The client has not shared (or does not know) his profit margins and does not understand or the SEO has not shared the cost per sale. And, so, these merchants are losing their asses and thinkin’ that their SEO is a genius both at the same time. :-)

EGOL, Content Director, and may we say a really great one!

This is the best response on SEO vs Adwords or PPC vs SEO debate, that we have heard. We think you as a business owner should really take some of these golden nuggets of practical advice and think about this in terms of your business.

We choose SEO and hail :Long live SEO, because:

We want to build authority in our companies and as a websites

We believe internet audiences are getting wiser and smarter about the difference between organic and ads, and the value that high organic rankings brings.

Now what do you think about this? … Are you using PPC or Adwords campaigns? If so how?

]]>https://seosocially.com/adwords-dead-long-live-seo-focus-seo-much-ppc-adwords/feed/0https://seosocially.com/adwords-dead-long-live-seo-focus-seo-much-ppc-adwords/SEO Ethics Code Badgehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/he4TaBKFz7w/
https://seosocially.com/seo-ethics-code-badge/#respondWed, 01 May 2013 19:56:39 +0000https://seosocially.com/?p=15085The SEO industry does not have a regulated license board, like a contractors state license board which protects consumers by regulating its industry. In SEO industry there are is no standardized testing like ones I and many others have had to pass to get a real estate salesperson license, as an example. SEO ethics code →

]]>The SEO industry does not have a regulated license board, like a contractors state license board which protects consumers by regulating its industry. In SEO industry there are is no standardized testing like ones I and many others have had to pass to get a real estate salesperson license, as an example. SEO ethics code badge is a voluntary badge you choose to wear or not, as there is no seo ethics code that binds all SEO professionals. Sadly this is pretty much an unregulated industry. The good news is that there are still those that choose to wear the SEO ethics code badge, and in doing this we are not the only ones that wear this badge. We allow every one of our clients to wear the same badge, because at the end of the day, it is your own website that will be crawled by Google and all the other search engines. A website with ethical SEO practices will result in happy search engines. Happy search engines tend to reward you and not block or penalize you.

SEO Ethics Code:

We stick to all the laws set forth by the government agencies of United States, or respective international governments. We try our best to work with local clients, at this point we did not have to work with international business laws and practices. In the event that we do, we will comply with the respective regulations, and wear our SEO ethics code badge proudly.

Provide realistic expectations on SEO and do not guarantee or promise SEO rankings. A guarantee of something no one can control carries inherent ethical issues.

DO NOT fill your footer with junk and/or hide your assets and content.

DO NOT duplicate content across multiple domains.

DO NOT sacrifice usability and quality for sole SEO purposes, that’s why we do user experience and web design

DO NOT use Black Hat SEO methods, or aggressive SEO methods that focus on search engines and not a human audience. Black Hat SEO methods do not abide by the search engine guidelines.

DO NOT practice keyword stuffing, irrelevant text insertion, or hidden links and text.

Do NOT practice content spinning, or any other form of copied content. Including falsely claiming another’s work as our own.

DO NOT participate in link farms, or link networks.

DO NOT resubmit a website to many search engines repeatedly. It is unnecessary in the first place, but when done is considered spam.

DO NOT practice forum, Wiki, comment spam, or any other type of SPAM.

DO NOT participate in cloaking to fool, use doorway pages, or manipulate the search engine crawlers.

DO NOT disparage or bad-mouth other SEO companies or consultants in public even if they are wrong.

DO NOT use any unauthorized software. Includes illegal pinging software etc.

DO NOT use ‘false-click’ system to promote web sites.

DO NOT make excessive use of search engines APIs that could potentially get an IP address banned.

DO NOT promise something that is not achievable, but set achievable goals.

DO NOT treat one client better than other based on payment, or preference, esp in conflict of interest between competition.

ALWAYS follow the rules and guidelines of major search engines like Google.

ALWAYS abide by non-compete clause when necessary. A lot of SEO professionals debate this, but it’s not ethical to optimize competing sites against each other.

ALWAYS keep up to date with up to date SEO methods and practices.

ALWAYS present ourselves in an honorable and respectful manner to our clients, and co-workers.

ALWAYS conduct business with integrity and honesty.

ALWAYS act in clients best interest. Never engage in actions that will intentionally harm a client. Never engage in actions that will intentionally harm the competitor, too.

ALWAYS do our best job to increase or retain rankings of our clients.

This list is by no means all-inclusive. This also does not mean it is set in stone, as SEO methods, search engine algorithms, and spam policies change. This post should, however, tell you that we take our clients, competitors, and this industry seriously. Because, we still really like our SEO ethics badge and want to continue wearing it.

Our Track Record, and why we still wear our SEO ethics code Badge

Sticking to the above practices, we can proudly say that:

Our clients were never blocked or penalized by Google or any other major search engines, based on the work we have done.

When clients come to us, its like a two-way interview where we interview you as you interview us. We carefully choose who we work with. As a result, our clients were never accused for un-ethical practices.

As much as we like our seo ethics code badge we don’t consider that our reward. Our clients satisfaction is our reward!

Remember…

Relevance and Trust is the NEW SEO // David Harry

]]>https://seosocially.com/seo-ethics-code-badge/feed/0https://seosocially.com/seo-ethics-code-badge/What is the single best piece of SEO advice?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/bPQVhZ_CIgs/
https://seosocially.com/what-is-the-single-best-piece-of-seo-advice/#respondTue, 30 Apr 2013 19:35:54 +0000https://seosocially.com/?p=15082The best piece of SEO advice is to focus on creating trust through everything you do online and offline … If you focus on building trust in all you do, you’ll be on your way to longterm SEO success. It’s the #1 factor for search engine rankings/visibility.

]]>The best piece of SEO advice is to focus on creating trust through everything you do online and offline … If you focus on building trust in all you do, you’ll be on your way to longterm SEO success. It’s the #1 factor for search engine rankings/visibility.

]]>https://seosocially.com/what-is-the-single-best-piece-of-seo-advice/feed/0https://seosocially.com/what-is-the-single-best-piece-of-seo-advice/Socal Mobile Local SEO Blog? What we blog about?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seosocially/~3/qQmJuJnUKmU/
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